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AI regulation in Ukraine (2026)
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Ukraine has no binding AI-specific statute in force. Its current governance rests on a Cabinet-approved Concept for AI Development (2020), a voluntary White Paper on AI regulation from the Ministry of Digital Transformation, and a two-phase roadmap moving from soft guidelines toward a binding EU AI Act–aligned law expected to be introduced to the Verkhovna Rada in Q4 2026. Ukraine signed the Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI (CETS 225) on 15 May 2025, but ratification by parliament is still pending.
Key points
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the Concept for the Development of Artificial Intelligence in Ukraine by Decree No. 1556-r on 2 December 2020, setting AI governance goals through 2030 across public administration, defence, healthcare, and the economy.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation published a White Paper on AI Regulation outlining a voluntary, risk-based framework with sectoral recommendations, voluntary codes of conduct, a legal assistance platform for businesses, and a regulatory sandbox — enforced through soft mechanisms (labelling, reputational incentives) rather than administrative fines.
Ukraine follows a deliberate two-stage model: Stage 1 (2024–2025) relies on voluntary compliance and sandbox experimentation; Stage 2 targets introduction of a binding AI law to the Verkhovna Rada by Q4 2026, to be harmonised with the EU AI Act.
On 15 May 2025, Ukraine's Vice Minister of Digital Transformation signed the Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI, Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law (CETS 225) — the first legally binding international AI treaty — in Strasbourg. The Convention requires ratification by the Verkhovna Rada to take domestic effect.
At the WINWIN Summit 2025, the Ministry of Digital Transformation unveiled a draft National AI Development Strategy until 2030, targeting a top-3 global ranking in AI public-sector integration and envisioning sovereign national language models and AI-powered public services through the Diia app.
Draft Law No. 8153 on the Protection of Personal Data — which introduces GDPR-aligned rules for automated personal data processing including AI-driven decisions — passed its first reading in the Verkhovna Rada and is the principal AI-adjacent piece of legislation currently moving through parliament.
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